NEWSiGO : [Celeb] News Info Gossip: Rediff.com goofs up with KBC's rollover contestant's photograph, readers respond

Lucky rollover contestant, from AB's KBC to SRK's KBC

Pratim Gupta

Who is the only link between Amitabh Bachchan’s KBC and Shah Rukh Khan’s KBC? A Calcuttan in the hot seat! And it has been a roller-coaster ride spanning 15 months for the rollover contestant.

October 2005: Kasba’s Prasenjit Sarkar gets a call from STAR Plus to participate in the studio show of Kaun Banega Crorepati Dwitiya after clearing the three preliminary stages.

November 2005: Prasenjit shoots with Amitabh Bachchan, but after winning Rs 80,000, the episode ends because of lack of time.

March 2006: With the ailing Bachchan out of the game, Prasenjit is given the option to quit and take home the Rs 80,000 or wait till a new season of the show is announced. Prasenjit chooses to wait.

December 2006: Prasenjit gets a call from STAR Plus to return to the new show, to be hosted by Shah Rukh Khan.

January 22, 2007: Prasenjit becomes the first contestant of the SRK-hosted KBC and also the only one ever to be quizzed by both Bachchan and Shah Rukh.

So, the 39-year-old inspector of central excise and customs is on the brink of making game-show history.

When he takes the studio hot seat “this weekend” for the January 22 launch episode, he will “almost surely” be the first Who Wants To Be A Millionaire (KBC is an adaptation) contestant in 106 countries to have faced two quizmasters.

And that too, Big B and King Khan.

“I know as the rollover contestant, I am the only link between the two KBCs,” Prasenjit said at his Ruby Park residence. “I am happy I took the right decision by not quitting the game and waiting for more than a year for the show to restart.”

And when Prasenjit was flown in for a mock shoot a couple of days back, Shah Rukh welcomed him to the hot seat as “Babumoshai” — rewinding to his Devdas and his predecessor’s Anand days! But when asked to choose his favourite quizmaster, Prasenjit went 50:50.

“I am a huge fan of Mr Bachchan but thanks to my 12-year-old son, I also like Shah Rukh a lot... And whatever little I saw of him as the host, puro jomiye debe!”

Rediff.com goofs up with the photograph of the rollover contestant
Leading portal Rediff.com goofed up with the photograph of the contestant, posts someone else's photograph by mistake. Readers react.

Messages / comments on the rediff.com newspage (http://www.rediff.com/movies/2007/jan/17kbc.htm) from their readers

TO REDIFF EDITOR
by SRINIVASA GOWDA on Jan 18, 2007 06:06 AM
DEAR MR. EDITOR,
I AM WITH GREAT DIFFICULTY REQUESTING YOU TO TEACH UR REPORTERS ABT. JOURNALISM. IN THE ARTICLE REPORTER SAYS THAT THE CONTESTANT, Prasenjit Sarkar IS 38YRS. OLD AND PHOTO SHOWS A PERSON OF ABOVE 55YRS. ATLEAST. CAN YOU TAKE SOME ACTION AGAINST UR PEOPLE. ELSE WE WILL BE FORCED TO THINK FOR THE ACTIONS LIKE MAKING THIS SITE A BLOG, OR ENTIRELY OFF INTERNET. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH. UR RECENT ARTICLES ARE DISGUSTING. LIKE GURU'S REVIEW, JR. AB AND ASH... more

Real photo of Presanjeet sarkar
by Seeay on Jan 18, 2007 05:14 AM
I think from Now on we need to do some journalsim for rediff ..looks like rediff is running out of reporters. Rediff guys ..Atleast browse some websites and post the articles. dont make a fool of ur selves.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee's brother
by on Jan 18, 2007 12:10 AM
I don't know whether the man in the picture is Mr Prasenjit or not. But, he sure looks like Atal Bihari Vajpayee's younger brother.

Prasenjit Sarkar
by Subir Sinha on Jan 17, 2007 11:58 PM
I know Prasenjit Sarkar personally, the man in the picture is certainly not Prasenjit. Where did you get this picture and who is he ????
Subir K. Sinha

He is not 39? & is he prasenjit???
by Sumant on Jan 17, 2007 11:12 PM
yaaaar..are u sure this is prasenjit & for sure he is not 39 & he must be the father of prasenjit

Age Factor
by sweta choudhry on Jan 17, 2007 10:47 PM
From where this person is looking like 39 years old?

DO not bother about age.
by Mammen Joseph on Jan 17, 2007 10:46 PM | Show replies
WHOEVER IS ON THE HOT/COLD SEAT 39/79YRS STARPLUS IS THE GAINER SO SIT BACK AND WATCH THE SHOW,G O O D L U C K...............

Is this Mr. Sarkar??????
by Suresh Dighe on Jan 17, 2007 10:39 PM
The photograph looks of a man I am familiar with. He is Mr. Nobi Gupta, Ex-Sales Director of Videocon International and perhaps presently is Sales Director of Raymonds.

man in the picture is definately not 39...or is it 59?
by Ramit Bhardwaj on Jan 17, 2007 09:55 PM
man in the picture is definately not 39...or is it 59?

The man in the photo is 39 years old????
by Usha S on Jan 17, 2007 09:26 PM
The article says "Prasenjit Sarkar will become part of Indian television history.
The 39-year-old inspector with Central Excise was in the hot seat before Amitabh Bachchan when KBC went off air in 2005"
The photo beside the photo is definitely not of a 39 year old man...